Movie
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
19641h 33m★ 7.4DramaRomance
Overview
This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.
Director
- Jacques Demy
Writers
- Jacques Demy
Producers
- Mag Bodard
- Gilbert de Goldschmidt
- Pierre Lazareff
Where to watch
Region: US · via JustWatch / TMDB
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Top cast
Catherine Deneuve
Geneviève Emery
Nino Castelnuovo
Guy Foucher
Anne Vernon
Madame Emery
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Mireille Perrey
Tante Élise
Marc Michel
Roland Cassard
Ellen Farner
Madeleine
Jean Champion
Aubin
Jean-Pierre Dorat
Jean
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Harald Wolff
Monsieur Dubourg
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Pierre Caden
Bernard
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Bernard Fradet
Gas Station Apprentice
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Michel Benoist
Umbrella Buyer
